I went to Japan with the expectation of finding a culture perfectly balanced between the immovable certainty of the past and the unforgiving, unstoppable forward pull of the future. These are, after all, the two forces that I find myself subject to every day of my life: a hard, consolidated core of ground beliefs and values (like family, loyalty, tradition), and a constant attraction towards the bleeding edge, the unknown, the new.

I won’t hide, however, that there are other reasons for which this unique country exercises a heavy charisma over me, reasons that I think can be easily shared by many other people of my generation.

Attirbuted to Enrico Fermi as a back-of-the-envelope astrobiological philosphy exercise, Fermi’s paradox is a simply put question: where is everybody?
In other words, if life is a truly common phenomenon in the universe, then the probability of a civilization solving the problem of interstellar travel should be pretty high, and the effects of such a civilization on the galaxy should be extremely evident to an observer (think entire stars being instantly harvested for power).
However, the SETI remains unsuccessful, hence where is everyone?

This blog is an updated version of my old edgy, teenage-years blog at exsubstantia.com. I kept a somewhat similar style because I like the way Exsubstantia looks, but I hope that the difference in content will speak for itself.

I will use this blog to talk mostly about two things:

1. interesting concepts that I come across when working on my research and projects
2. interesting stuff that I come across when traveling around

but I’ll try to keep it varied, and also talk about other interesting things. I will try to include code whenever necessary, but for more complex projects you can check out my Github. You can also find me on Twitter and Instagram as @riceasphait.

Cheers!